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Dave Roberts is managing the Los Angeles Dodgers, but the Red Sox have a new speedster on the way just in time for the postseason.
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The AL East-leading Boston Red Sox boosted their outfield depth by acquiring speedy Rajai Davis from the Oakland Athletics for a minor league outfielder on Wednesday. The Red Sox sent 18-year-old Rafael Rincones to the last-place A's. Hours earlier,...

The new Dodgers manager should wear a suit and sit in the stands during games. His responsibilities will be to motivate the players before and after games, hand the lineup card to the umpires, and meet with the press. A data clerk sitting in the dugout...

OAKLAND, Calif. _ The A's made a couple moves on Monday that have been expected for a while, promoting Billy Beane to executive vice president of baseball operations and naming his chief lieutenant, David Forst, general manager.tmpplchld Reported in...

The Supreme Court rejected an appeal from the city of San Jose in its bid to lure baseball's Athletics from Oakland to the South Bay. The justices on Monday left in place lower court rulings that dismissed the city's antitrust claims against Major...

Here's how stacked the NL Cy Young race is: Max Scherzer struck out 276 batters with a 2.79 ERA and became the first major leaguer in 42 years to throw two no-hitters in one season. Those credentials might be good enough to challenge Gerrit Cole for...

It has been nearly four years since Theo Epstein was spotted at a Lincoln Park Starbucks, stoking the rumor he was about to leave the Red Sox to become the Cubs' general manager.
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ANAHEIM, Calif. _ Justine Siegal became the first female coach employed by a major league team when the A's announced Tuesday that she has been hired for a two-week stint as a guest instructor with the club's Instructional League team in Arizona.tmpplchld...

Theo Epstein’s contract ends next year, and he would be one of the more prominent free agents in the game if he didn’t re-sign with the Cubs.
No one believes that’s a realistic possibility, of course.
Epstein has built the Cubs into contender status, as...

American League
Central Division
White Sox: Trying to stay out of last place and avoid offseason bloodletting.
Indians: Sports Illustrated's pick to win it all will be lucky to finish over .500.
Royals: Wade Davis, with an 0.99 ERA entering the...

American League
Central Division
White Sox: Despite recent struggles, Jeff Samardzija entered weekend ranked fifth in majors in innings pitched (195).
Indians: Had 10 or more hits in 13 straight home games Friday, their most since 13 in 1936.
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When incoming Phillies President Andy MacPhail was asked Thursday what kind of criteria he would use in choosing the next general manager, owner John Middleton interrupted.
"I've told Andy what he needs to do," Middleton said. "He needs to hire himself."...

American League
Central Division
White Sox: Will the Sox overprice Jeff Samardzija because he has a 2.55 ERA over his last eight outings?
Indians: Terry Francona laughing through the pain: "We're dying to win, and it's hard sometimes to try not to...

Last year at around this time, the American League's two best teams each made blockbuster deals. As the end-of-July Major League Baseball trade deadline loomed, Oakland Athletics General Manager Billy Beane texted Detroit Tigers GM Dave Dombrowski a...

Last week's ranking in parentheses, statistics are through Friday's games:
1. ST. LOUIS: Are the Cardinals vulnerable? As they stagnate, the Pittsburgh Pirates are on the move. (1)
2. KANSAS CITY: Mike Moustakas' winning the AL's final All Star vote was...

NEW YORK — It started the way these things usually do, a father handing his son a baseball, and a suggestion."Let's take it back to the beginning of high school," Jesse Hahn said, at his place in the Oakland A's clubhouse at Yankee Stadium this week....

A's general manager Billy Beane went for broke last July, acquiring Jon Lester from the Red Sox and Jeff Samardzija and Jason Hammel from the Cubs for the stretch run.
The hero of "Moneyball" gave up All-Star outfielder Yoenis Cespedes and top prospect...

Technology took center stage in baseball last week with three separate but compelling storylines involving alleged database hacking by the Cardinals, Internet-voting irregularities benefiting the Royals and untimely Instagramming by Red Sox third...

Jennifer Lute Costella, a graduate of Valparaiso University School of Law, put a career as a defense counsel on hold four years ago to stay at home with her young sons. When both reached school age, she didn't return to lawyering and had time to expand an...